tomstephens89
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Q: OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

Hi there,

 

I upgraded my Macbook Pro Retina 15" (mid 2014 revision) to OS X Yosemite last night and am now having issues when using my home WiFi connection. Whilst it connects to either the 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz network, it is basically unusable. Web pages take minutes to load (if they even load at all), dropbox doesn't sync because it can't get a connection and even trying to get to the router config page is extremely slow and hit/miss.

 

Tethering to my iPhone seems to work ok, as does using my home network via wired ethernet.

 

Are any others having problems with Yosemite? Wifi was working fine on Mavericks.

 

Tom

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 12:37 AM

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  • by hai_kt,

    hai_kt hai_kt Jul 17, 2015 3:26 AM in response to dl78504
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    Jul 17, 2015 3:26 AM in response to dl78504

    inactive Bluetooth DUN may work, ensure Wifi in top list network order.

  • by fusionmaster,

    fusionmaster fusionmaster Jul 17, 2015 4:53 AM in response to tomstephens89
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    Jul 17, 2015 4:53 AM in response to tomstephens89

    Here is a further update on my investigations regarding the Wifi Issues. Our IT service bought a mid 2010 10'' MacBook and did a fresh installation of Yosemite 10.10.4. They have no issue connecting to our WPA2 enterprise network on 5 GHz. I now created a fresh installation on an USB drive, but still have the same issues as before.  The hardware and the firmware on the two Laptops are different, as well as the Locale (whatever this is?).

     

    mid 2010: Card: Airport Extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Firmware: Broadcom BCM 43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24), Locale:ETSI

    mid 2012: Card: Airport Extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Firmware: Broadcom BCM 43xx 1.0 (7.15.166.24.3), Locale: FCC

     

    I visited the Genius Bar a few days ago, and they didn't have a solution to the problem other than that this should have been sorted out with 10.10.4. Their advice was to have a clean install of Yosemite on an USB stick (see above).

  • by dl78504,

    dl78504 dl78504 Jul 17, 2015 5:23 PM in response to hai_kt
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    Jul 17, 2015 5:23 PM in response to hai_kt

    I did this yesterday.  No drops since.  Working so far, and much better than anything else I've tried.  Thank you!

  • by dl78504,

    dl78504 dl78504 Jul 17, 2015 6:22 PM in response to hai_kt
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    Jul 17, 2015 6:22 PM in response to hai_kt

    Now it's dropping again 

  • by hai_kt,

    hai_kt hai_kt Jul 17, 2015 11:07 PM in response to dl78504
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    Jul 17, 2015 11:07 PM in response to dl78504

    I'm sorry about that, my wifi work fine for a long time. I will notice you when find out final solution for this problem.

  • by Jeff*,

    Jeff* Jeff* Jul 19, 2015 12:13 PM in response to tomstephens89
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    Jul 19, 2015 12:13 PM in response to tomstephens89

    I have gone thru all 219 pages and still have not found a solution that works....

     

    my main home machine is an iMac

    iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

    3.4 GHz Intel Core i5

    32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

     

    my ISP is ATT uVerse

     

    everything was working fine until a couple of weeks ago.... I dont remember which Yosemite update I installed but my internet connection speeds dropped down to pre-dialup speeds

     

    here are the numbers for the router I am connected to:

     

    DSL Status

     

    Line StateUp
    Downstream Sync Rate (kbps)32219
    Upstream Sync Rate (kbps)5047
    Downstream Max Attainable Rate (kbps)56268
    Upstream Max Attainable Rate (kbps)11601
    ModulationVDSL2
    Data PathInterleaved
    DownstreamUpstream
    SN Margin (dB)17.918.3
    Line Attenuation (dB)26.318.6
    Output Power(dBm)14.5-0.4
    Errored Seconds21
    Loss of Signal00
    Loss of Frame00
    FEC Errors255852461
    CRC Errors71

     

    I've had 3 uVerse tech's out to my house - they replaced the modem with their newest model - they ran a brand new line from their box to my house  - you an see from the info above that I have a max DL speed of 56368 - if only that were still true....

     

    I have been using wireless for the past 3 years, but again, after doing an OS 10.10.x update, my DL speeds are now around 2mbps instead of my previously normal 24-30mbps speeds

     

    the last tech even gave me a 30 foot ethernet cable to try/use instead of using wireless but my dl speeds still suck

     

    has anyone found any other possible solutions?

  • by jndupuis1,

    jndupuis1 jndupuis1 Jul 20, 2015 1:22 AM in response to osihara
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    Jul 20, 2015 1:22 AM in response to osihara

    Hi osihara! Just thought I'd pop in. Well you did eliminate the Wi-Fi card. Glad to hear the Dongle is getting by (barely). I noticed a firmware update push on my Mac Mini (2012). I didn't notice much. My Mac is running Windows 7 Pro quite well actually. Mavericks only because I have to have it for Boot Camp. I bought a different computer all together and use my Mac for Windows environment. I got bloody tired of all this waste of time with Apple and this OS X disorder. Controlled testing should take place. Beta Testing is for Beta Testers. A released OS X is for public. If it would make a difference, I would buy a new OS X from Apple. Well, my friend, rant off. I hope The Captain will get attention and respect and be better. Cheers!!  John

  • by 10.10.fail,

    10.10.fail 10.10.fail Jul 20, 2015 5:38 AM in response to fusionmaster
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    Jul 20, 2015 5:38 AM in response to fusionmaster

    "this should have been sorted out with 10.10.4."

     

    That's great advice from the Genius bar. The issue was obviously not sorted out by 10.10.4.

    What is the next solution? 10.10.5?

    What will that break?

     

    I'm still amazed that Yosemite has been broken since day one and Apple have fudged it since then.

     

    Whatever happened to, "It just works"?

  • by jndupuis1,

    jndupuis1 jndupuis1 Jul 20, 2015 6:27 AM in response to 10.10.fail
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    Jul 20, 2015 6:27 AM in response to 10.10.fail

    "It Just Works"?!

    Rock, Paper, Scissors!

    Rock wins!! 

     

    Cheers!

  • by Jeff*,

    Jeff* Jeff* Jul 20, 2015 8:22 AM in response to 10.10.fail
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    Jul 20, 2015 8:22 AM in response to 10.10.fail

    nothing else is broken in 10.10.5

     

    but this network isnt fixed either in 10.10.5

    Screen Shot 2015-07-20 at 11.11.35 AM.png

     

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  • by lkrupp,

    lkrupp lkrupp Jul 20, 2015 10:55 AM in response to Jeff*
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    Jul 20, 2015 10:55 AM in response to Jeff*

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    I have the same vintage iMac that you do, with the same WiFi hardware, and I have absolutely no network issues whatsoever. Explain then ,why you have issues and I don’t. Same machine, same operating system, possibly different modem/router configuration. Yet Apple is to blame and it couldn’t possibly be some other factor out the hundreds of external factors that go into a stable WiFi connection?

  • by Jeff*,

    Jeff* Jeff* Jul 20, 2015 11:40 AM in response to lkrupp
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    Jul 20, 2015 11:40 AM in response to lkrupp

    @ikrupp - thats an excellent question

     

    it could well be a difference in network settings

     

    as I noted, uVerse swapped out everything at my house and all tests show that the speeds at the router are where they should be

     

    Screen Shot 2015-07-20 at 2.33.33 PM.png

     

    here is whats coming in.... unfortunately, when I attempt to dl a file, i am lucky to get the following:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-07-20 at 2.37.18 PM.png

     

    usually its are 200 kbs or lower....

     

    so it would be interested to compare our Network Pref panel settings....

  • by Paul Conaway,

    Paul Conaway Paul Conaway Jul 20, 2015 4:27 PM in response to Maztr
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    Jul 20, 2015 4:27 PM in response to Maztr

    I hate to ask the obvious question did you update to the latest version of Yosemite? 10.10.4 Apple fixed the wifi issue in 10.10.3

     

    Paul

  • by osihara,

    osihara osihara Jul 20, 2015 5:32 PM in response to Paul Conaway
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    Jul 20, 2015 5:32 PM in response to Paul Conaway
    I hate to ask the obvious question did you update to the latest version of Yosemite? 10.10.4 Apple fixed the wifi issue in 10.10.3

     

     

    you don't happen to work at the Genius bar do you?

  • by osihara,

    osihara osihara Jul 20, 2015 5:27 PM in response to macwifi
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    iPhone
    Jul 20, 2015 5:27 PM in response to macwifi

    OK, good luck getting help with your Beta software then... thanks for that though. Consider that Yosemite was in Beta for a long time while this thread was in it's infancy.

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